Manuel Mateo (right), 502nd Air Base Wing exercise planner and Kevin Oliver (left), 502nd ABW director of inspections, compare notes prior to the start of an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023. Multiple base agencies tested their response capabilities to ensure that their actions and performance during actual emergencies are practiced and more familiar.

U.S. Air Force exercise team members from the 502nd Air Base Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, check participants at a simulated wounded staging location prior to the start of an extreme weather response exercise March 29, 2023. Multiple base agencies tested their response capabilities to ensure that their actions and performance during actual emergencies are practiced and more familiar.

Curtis Newkirk, 502nd Air Base Wing security forces wing inspection team member, monitors first responders response time at the start of an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023. Multiple base agencies tested their response capabilities to ensure that their actions and performance during actual emergencies are practiced and more familiar.

Lawrence Salinas, 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron station chief and firefighter, assesses the situation upon arrival at an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023. Multiple base agencies tested their response capabilities to ensure that their actions and performance during actual emergencies are practiced and more familiar.

U.S. Air Force firefighters, 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron, enter a building to assess victims of an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023. Multiple base agencies tested their response capabilities to ensure that their actions and performance during actual emergencies are practiced and more familiar.

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron tend to the simulated wounded and victims during an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023. Multiple base agencies tested their response capabilities to ensure that their actions and performance during actual emergencies are practiced and more familiar.

Manuel Mateo (right), 502nd Air Base Wing exercise planner, and Lawrence Salinas (left), 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron station chief and firefighter, discuss the response and scenario during an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023. Multiple base agencies tested their response capabilities to ensure that their actions and performance during actual emergencies are practiced and more familiar.

Antony Willett (left), 502nd Air Base Wing installation exercises assistant chief and Lawrence Salinas (right), 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron station chief and firefighter, discuss the response and scenario during an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023. Multiple base agencies tested their response capabilities to ensure that their actions and performance during actual emergencies are practiced and more familiar.

Antony Willett (left), 502nd Air Base Wing installation exercises assistant chief and U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Derrick Webb (right), 902nd Civil Engineer squadron assistant chief and wing inspection team member, discuss the first responder response and scenario during an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023.

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron help a simulated victim walk toward a casualty collection point during an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023.

Curtis Newkirk (left), 502nd Air Base Wing security forces wing inspection team member, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittney Turco (right), 802nd Security Forces Squadron , K-9 handler, discuss the response of security forces at the start of an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023. Multiple base agencies tested their response capabilities to ensure that their actions and performance during actual emergencies are practiced and more familiar.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joshua Fontenette, 802nd Security Forces Squadron, works the logistics at the entrance control point during an extreme weather response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 29, 2023.